After listening to Lavanya's revelation Shree got stumped for a few seconds after he came back to his senses he looked at his family and said, "Everyone we need to complete two more floors before we reach our destination."
Sonika: "This time we both will be fighting, you alone cannot fight this many enemies."
Shree: "Don't worry I will take of it myself you just make sure to protect both of them."
Lavanya: "Hey Shree for completing the first floor you will receive some inheritance in the form of memories and experience from that crystal just go there and stand under it along with your family."
Shree: "Okay, thank you for your help until now."
Then he looked at his family one more time and said, "Everyone after clearing this floor we are supposed to receive some inheritance from that crystal so follow me and we will receive the inheritance from there."
Everyone from his family walked towards the crystal which was fixed on the ceiling. Once they arrived under the crystal silver light flashed and envelope all of them with it. Inside this inheritance, everyone received the knowledge of ancient art of war and martial arts which existed during the Mahabharata period. With time this martial art was lost now once again this family regained it. For the next 10 minutes, everyone was immersed in absorbing the knowledge of the martial arts. After 10 minutes everyone opened their eyes, Shaan was the first one who said, "Daddy I know kung-fu."
Akshay: "This was the Indian version of kung-fu."
Sonika: "What was that just now? Because of this light, I learned many things about the fighting styles I didn't know about but now I am confident to defeat these golems by myself."
Shree: "Good, we just now received the knowledge about the ancient martial art that was used by the soldiers to fight during the war. Along with this, we learn about the battle strategy which is very precious information that is very valuable in modern times also."
Sonika: "Honey listen let me handle the next floor as I am very confident that I can handle it, if I face any problem you will help me at that time."
Shree: "Umm.... Okay honey as you wish."
Everyone started marching towards the stairs which led to the next floor of the palace. After arriving at the 2nd floor Shree could see a hall which was decorated with extraordinary designs and carvings with gold and silver and in the middle of the hall there was a rectangular crystal which was emitting blue light from it.
Lavanya: "This is the 2nd floor which tests the mental aptitude of the soldiers during the war, one of your family members will touch the crystal who wants to challenge this floor and automatically this crystal will generate the illusion in front of you. All of you can see the illusions but a challenging person cannot see you and you will not be able to help them.
After listening to the explanation Shree repeated this to his wife and asked her whether she could challenge this floor. At that time his eldest son Akshay interrupted them and said that he would challenge this floor. He was best in Chess games and strategic analysis even Shree was not able to beat him in strategy planning. By listening to him Shree allowed Akshay to challenge this floor by himself and 3rd floor will be challenged by Sonika.
With approval of Shree Akshay strode towards the rectangular crystal and put his hand on it. Suddenly their surrounding changed now Akshay was standing above the ground and below him he could see the 3-dimensional image of the region which contained mountains, rivers, forests, plains, islands, and many other geographical features. Shree, Sonika, and Shaan were now standing outside and could see everything in front of them but they could not interact with Akshay. At that time one mechanical voice sounded which was speaking in Brij Langauge and providing the instruction and condition to finish this challenge.
The challenge was a little complicated for a 10-year-old child it says, "Design a battle plan for you 1000 soldiers on this terrain against 50000 enemy soldiers with zero casualties."
After listening to the instructions Akshay comprehended 80% of the information but still, he was not able to understand some elements he decided to ignore them and planned his strategy according to the topography of the land. He needs to form the planned strategy according to each type of terrain.
First, he decided to select the forest area for his battle strategy because, in his fourth class, he already learned about 'Ganimi Kava' which was later known as guerilla warfare. This strategy was very effective in forest areas.
He pinpoints the method of battle without any casualties. He was successful in this terrain now he selected the battle on the plain ground. On this terrain without modern artillery winning this battle was impossible but here Akshay used his cunning method and created underground traps for the enemies. Without casualty, his side won this battle too. Now he moved his attention to the battle of Hilly terrain where he planted his soldiers on the higher grounds and without using any weapons he just used the boulders to crush his enemies.
The way he strategized the plan of battle was very unique for the ancient beings as they followed certain ethics in their battle. For Akshay, it was a battle of witts and he believed that everything is fair in war.
After completing his challenge he submitted it. After a few minutes, golden lights appear in the air like a hologram and it says that this challenge has passed but the methods are against the ethics of war.
This time Akshay was fully confused as he was unaware of the ancient ethics of war which was utterly stupid for a modern man like him. He didn't care about the opinion of this being so he moved out of the barriers as it was now opened.
The illusion ended here and now Shree and his family are moving towards the 3rd floor.